diff --git a/android/build.py b/android/build.py
index bdf10ace3..8a95c13b1 100755
--- a/android/build.py
+++ b/android/build.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from build.toolchain import AndroidNdkToolchain
 # a list of third-party libraries to be used by MPD on Android
 from build.libs import *
 thirdparty_libs = [
-    libid3tag,
     libmodplug,
     wildmidi,
     gme,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4e843a4f1..d56f64505 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ project(
     'flac:default_library=static',
     'fmt:default_library=static',
     'gtest:default_library=static',
+    'id3tag:default_library=static',
     'lame:default_library=static',
     'libmpdclient:default_library=static',
     'liburing:default_library=static',
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ project(
     'flac:warning_level=0',
     'fmt:warning_level=0',
     'gtest:warning_level=0',
+    'id3tag:werror=false',
+    'id3tag:warning_level=0',
     'lame:werror=false',
     'lame:warning_level=0',
     'liburing:warning_level=0',
diff --git a/python/build/libs.py b/python/build/libs.py
index 818d410b1..ae60c27e7 100644
--- a/python/build/libs.py
+++ b/python/build/libs.py
@@ -25,24 +25,6 @@ zlib = ZlibProject(
     'lib/libz.a',
 )
 
-libid3tag = AutotoolsProject(
-    'ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/libid3tag-0.15.1b.tar.gz',
-    'e5808ad997ba32c498803822078748c3',
-    'lib/libid3tag.a',
-    [
-        '--disable-shared', '--enable-static',
-
-        # without this, libid3tag's configure.ac ignores -O* and -f*
-        '--disable-debugging',
-    ],
-    autogen=True,
-
-    edits={
-        # fix bug in libid3tag's configure.ac which discards all but the last optimization flag
-        'configure.ac': lambda data: re.sub(r'optimize="\$1"', r'optimize="$optimize $1"', data, count=1),
-    }
-)
-
 libmodplug = AutotoolsProject(
     'https://downloads.sourceforge.net/modplug-xmms/libmodplug/0.8.9.0/libmodplug-0.8.9.0.tar.gz',
     '457ca5a6c179656d66c01505c0d95fafaead4329b9dbaa0f997d00a3508ad9de',
diff --git a/subprojects/.gitignore b/subprojects/.gitignore
index 59adee2e2..c2abd9e14 100644
--- a/subprojects/.gitignore
+++ b/subprojects/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /fmt-*/
 /googletest-*/
 /lame-*/
+/libid3tag-*/
 /libmpdclient/
 /openssl-*/
 /opus-*/
diff --git a/subprojects/id3tag.wrap b/subprojects/id3tag.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5723b528e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/id3tag.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = libid3tag-0.15.1b
+source_url = ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/libid3tag-0.15.1b.tar.gz
+source_filename = libid3tag-0.15.1b.tar.gz
+source_hash = 63da4f6e7997278f8a3fef4c6a372d342f705051d1eeb6a46a86b03610e26151
+patch_directory = id3tag
+
+[provide]
+id3tag = libid3tag_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/id3tag/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/id3tag/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c56a2f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/id3tag/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+project(
+  'libid3tag', 'c',
+  version: '0.15.1b',
+  license: 'GPLv2+',
+)
+
+compiler = meson.get_compiler('c')
+
+conf = configuration_data()
+conf.set('HAVE_ASSERT_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_FTRUNCATE', compiler.has_function('ftruncate'))
+conf.set('HAVE_INTTYPES_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_LIBZ', false) # TODO
+conf.set('HAVE_STDINT_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_STDIO_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_STDLIB_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_STRINGS_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_STRING_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_SYS_STAT_H', compiler.has_header('sys/stat.h'))
+conf.set('HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H', true)
+conf.set('HAVE_UNISTD_H', compiler.has_header('unistd.h'))
+configure_file(output: 'config.h', configuration: conf)
+
+add_project_arguments('-DHAVE_CONFIG_H', language: 'c')
+
+libid3tag = static_library(
+  'id3tag',
+  'version.c', 'ucs4.c', 'latin1.c', 'utf16.c', 'utf8.c',
+  'parse.c', 'render.c', 'field.c', 'frametype.c', 'compat.c',
+  'genre.c', 'frame.c', 'crc.c', 'util.c', 'tag.c', 'file.c',
+)
+
+libid3tag_dep = declare_dependency(
+  link_with: libid3tag,
+  include_directories: include_directories('.'),
+)
diff --git a/win32/build.py b/win32/build.py
index d43f274ce..898a6167c 100755
--- a/win32/build.py
+++ b/win32/build.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ root_path = os.path.join(arch_path, 'root')
 from build.libs import *
 thirdparty_libs = [
     zlib,
-    libid3tag,
     libmodplug,
     libopenmpt,
     wildmidi,